2012 Puddly Awards
 
 
Follow us on TwitterFollow us on FacebookFollow us on TumblrSubscribe to RSS

Recently Viewed clear list

Guests | February 8, 2012

Nathan Englander: IMG Big Think

0 comments By Nathan Englander

Tonight is the first event for the new book, and I've spent most of the afternoon at home with curlers in my hair and cucumber circles on the eyes... Continue »
  1. $17.47 Sale Hardcover add to wish list

    What We Talk About When We Talk about Anne Frank: Stories

    Nathan Englander 9780307958709
spacer
Free Shipping!

Ships free on qualified orders.
$11.95
Used Trade Paper
Ships in 1 to 3 days
Add to Wishlist
Qty Store Section
1 Beaverton Graphic Novels- Alternative

More copies of this ISBN

This title in other editions

Fair Weather

by Joe Matt

Fair Weather Cover

 

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Dedicated to my mother, She did her best. Joe Matt's comics are famous for their savage character assassination of the unsavory protagonist, Joe Matt. Described as Philip Roth for the younger set, FAIR WEATHER looks back to a golden weekend in Joe's 1970s suburban childhood. Young Joe Matt is a selfish, whiny child who steals from stores, takes advantage of his friends, threatens to burn his mother's house down, and bullies those weaker than himself. The story centers on a fairground, a sunny summer weekend, a pile of comic books and a "fair weather friend." Joe Matt has been quick to correct assumptions about the title: " FAIR WEATHER refers to me. I'm a real jerk." Completely unsentimental and strangely endearing, FAIR WEATHER continues the American tradition of hilarious and idiosyncratic self-exhibitionism.

Synopsis:

For over ten years Joe Matt has been notorious in cult circles for the embarrassing frankness with which he reveals his distressing habits and predilections. Utterly shameless and completely self-absorbed, Joe Matt writes with an exhibitionists enthusiasm for his favorite subject, himself.

In his new graphic novel, Fair Weather, Joe examines his 1970s suburban childhood. In a surprisingly tasteful and thoughtful memoir young Joe Matt is a selfish child who steals from stores, takes advantage of his friends, threatens to burn his mothers house down, teases those weaker than himself, and reveals himself to be a fairly normal child. Completely unsentimental and strangely kind of endearing, Fair Weather continues the American tradition of hilarious self-exhibitionism.

Synopsis:

In this new graphic novel, Joe examines his 1970s suburban childhood.
back to top

About the Author

Joe Matt writes the legendary comic book Peepshow; an unflattering, although not strictly inaccurate, autobiography. Matt was born in 1963 in Philadelphia where evidently he never learned the meaning of shame.

back to top
back to top

Product Details

ISBN:
9781896597744
Author:
Matt, Joe
Publisher:
Drawn & Quarterly
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Cartoonists
Subject:
Graphic Novels - General
Subject:
CGN006000
Subject:
General
Copyright:
2003
Publication Date:
20031131
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
BandW Illustrations Throughout
Pages:
128
Dimensions:
8.94x6.28x.45 in. .65 lbs.
back to top

Other books you might like

  1. $8.50 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

    Stuck in the Middle: 17 Comics from an Unpleasant Age

    Ariel Schrag and Joe Matt 9780670062218
  2. $16.95 New Trade Paper add to wish list

    Awkward and Definition: The High School Comic Chronicles of Ariel Schrag

    Ariel Schrag 9781416552314
  3. $12.99 Google eBooks add to wish list

    The Coma

    Alex Garland 9781440628306
  4. $13.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

    Swamp Thing: Dark Genesis

    Len Wein 9781563890444
  5. $19.99 New Trade Paper add to wish list

    Swamp Thing #06: Reunion

    Alan Moore 9781563899751
  6. $6.00 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

    Faster Than a Speeding Bullet (04 Edition)

    Weiner 9781561633685
back to top

Related Aisles

Fair Weather Used Trade Paper
0 stars - 0 reviews
$11.95 In Stock
Product details 128 pages D&q - English 9781896597744 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by ,
For over ten years Joe Matt has been notorious in cult circles for the embarrassing frankness with which he reveals his distressing habits and predilections. Utterly shameless and completely self-absorbed, Joe Matt writes with an exhibitionists enthusiasm for his favorite subject, himself.

In his new graphic novel, Fair Weather, Joe examines his 1970s suburban childhood. In a surprisingly tasteful and thoughtful memoir young Joe Matt is a selfish child who steals from stores, takes advantage of his friends, threatens to burn his mothers house down, teases those weaker than himself, and reveals himself to be a fairly normal child. Completely unsentimental and strangely kind of endearing, Fair Weather continues the American tradition of hilarious self-exhibitionism.
"Synopsis" by , In this new graphic novel, Joe examines his 1970s suburban childhood.
spacer
spacer
  • back to top
Follow us on...


Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.